Motorcyclist killed in crash in Mission Beach

San Diego  A Tulare County man was killed early Thursday morning when he crashed his motorcycle into several parked vehicles in Mission Beach, police said.

The 29-year-old man from Kingsburg was heading west on West Mission Bay Drive on his 2004 BMW motorcycle around 2:36 a.m. Thursday when he hit a parked vehicle, officials said.

He ended up on the other side of the road and hit several other cars, police Officer Brad Ruff said. The county Medical Examiner’s Office said he was thrown from his bike and died before he could be taken to a hospital.

The accident prompted police to closed down a section of West Mission Bay Drive near the Bahia Hotel for several hours. The name of the man has not been released. Officials said he was wearing a helmet.